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The pivotal Game 5 of the World Series will take place Sunday night as the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Houston Astros seek an edge that will bring them one step closer to a world championship. Los Angeles evened the series at two games apiece with Continue to Article

October 29, 2017 9:57:am EST

A whirlwind of emotion caught up with Alex Wood while in the dugout between innings, and not only because the young Dodgers left-hander still had a no-hit bid in his first World Series start. ''I believe in fate, and I believe everything happens for a reason,'' Wood said after the Dodgers beat Houston 6-2 to even the World Series at two games each. Wood, a 26-year-old who won 16 games during the regular season, took a no-hitter in the sixth before George Springer homered with two outs. Continue to Article

October 29, 2017 1:40:am EST

By Frank Pingue HOUSTON (Reuters) - The Los Angeles Dodgers, playing with their backs against the wall for the first time all year, sprang back to life with a five-run ninth inning on Saturday to beat the Houston Astros 6-2 and level the World Series at two games apiece. With Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw set to take the mound for Sunday's pivotal Game Five in Houston, the best team in baseball all season are suddenly back on track in their quest for a first World Series title since 1988. The Dodgers, who breezed through regular season and into World Series, were staring at a potential 3-1 series deficit until Cody Bellinger's bat came alive when he doubled and scored the tying run in the seventh inning. Continue to Article

October 29, 2017 1:30:am EST

Two unlikely heroes, a pitcher who lost his only prior playoff start and a batter in an 0-for-13 slump, rescued the World Series title hopes of the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday. Alex Wood baffled Houston batters for 5 2/3 no-hit innings and Cody Bellinger snapped his drought with two crucial doubles as the Dodgers downed Houston 6-2 to level Major League Baseball's best-of-seven final 2-2. Clayton Kershaw, an 18-game winner, will face Astros ace Dallas Keuchel in a matchup of star left-handed pitchers Sunday, when the winner will reach the brink of a World Series crown ahead of game six on Tuesday in Los Angeles. Continue to Article

October 29, 2017 1:24:am EST

The hearty handshakes and hugs done in the middle of the diamond, Clayton Kershaw still had work to do. All alone, holding a ball in his bare hands and wearing a hoodie, the Los Angeles Dodgers ace went into the stretch. Game 4 had just ended, and already Kershaw was set to deliver in Game 5. Continue to Article

October 29, 2017 1:00:am EST